La Mesa, “The Jewel of the Hills” the “American Hometown” has a wide variety of community destinations for its residents along with beautiful walkable neighborhoods. The challenge is to bring La Mesa’s Urban Trails mobility action plan into a visual reality that not only informs the user of basic navigation, but also connects the resident […]
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Perceptions of La Mesa’s Zero Waste Initiative
The City of La Mesa is working towards reducing food waste from their community through food waste recycling and composting. The goal of this research was to effectively gather data from residents and businesses surrounding attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors related to food waste generation and management. This was completed through surveys and interviews designed to […]
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Mixed-Use Development in La Mesa
The City of La Mesa collaborated with San Diego State University interior architecture students and faculty to research and develop design concepts for three project case study sites that are all located within the downtown village corridor and/or zoned for mixed-use urban. All sites are zoned for urban design overlay and are located along the […]
Marketing Plans for Active Transportation in La Mesa
Marketing plan proposals for active transportation in partnership with Sage Project and the City of La Mesa. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. The Sage Project Contact Info Kristofer Patron Program Administrator kpatron@sdsu.edu (619) 594-0103 University Faculty Contact Local Government / Community Contact […]
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Characterizing Infill Residential Sites with Space-Time Clustering
Building enough dense residential housing units near existing transit is essential to meeting California’s aggressive climate goals. Localities must understand where best to greenlight these dense developments so that sufficient construction actually takes place. Our project utilized space-time clustering and database management to analyze property price trends at the individual parcel level in La Mesa, […]
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Final Design Submittal for High Street Crossing Near Spring Street Transit Station
San Diego Student Designs (SDSD) is pleased to provide professional engineering services to the City of La Mesa for the design and construction of High Street Crossing. Two alternatives were generated and evaluated based on practical, social, and environmental aspects to satisfy project objectives. The first alternative is at grade roadway, and the second alternative […]
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The Implementation of a Zero-Waste Curriculum and Composting Action Plan for the La Mesa Community
This report features work completed in collaboration with the Sage Project at San Diego State University and the City of La Mesa, focusing on the implementation of a new “zero-waste” curriculum for the La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, while also providing a Composting Action Plan that outlines a pathway to successfully starting a composting program […]
Spring Street Station-High Street Crossing Project
The City has received a grant from SANDAG under the Smart Growth Incentive Program to evaluate the feasibility of a mixed-use (residential/commercial) Transit Oriented Development at the Spring Street Transit Station site which would reduce the need for auto trips and associated carbon footprint. One key element of the project is the re-engineering of High […]
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Public Transportation in La Mesa
Campaign Challenge To design a promotional campaign that increases the overall use of the City of La Mesa’s public transportation infrastructure. Budget The budget for this campaign was not defined, so there are three budget options: Low ($25,000), Mid ($30,000), and High ($35,000). Target Audience The primary target audience for this campaign are current La […]
Advertising Research for Active Transportation in La Mesa (Part I)
Marketing research and marketing plan proposals for active transportation in partnership with Sage Project and the City of La Mesa. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. The Sage Project Contact Info Kristofer Patron Program Administrator kpatron@sdsu.edu (619) 594-0103 University Faculty Contact Local Government / Community Contact […]
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